from the information-desert-that-is-mainstream-media dept.
AlterNet reports:
MSNBC announced on Thursday that "The Ed Schultz Show" would come to an end, to be replaced by a show hosted by political analyst Chuck Todd.
[...] The loss of Schultz is particularly troubling because he has managed a television program that has been more attentive to issues focused on economic inequality, labor unions, and the wider economy than perhaps any other cable television show.
In particular, he covered the Trans-Pacific Partnership more often than [all other cable programs combined], as Craig Harrington and Brian Powell, researchers with Media Matters documented:
[During an 18 month period] CNN and Fox News each mentioned the TPP during two broadcasts. MSNBC's The Ed Show discussed the trade agreement on 71 broadcasts, but the TPP was mentioned on the network's other evening programming only twice (once by host Ed Schultz during coverage of the president's State of the Union speech and a passing mention by All In host Chris Hayes).
On The Jimmy Dore Show (think: Mort Sahl or Jon Stewart) via my Pacifica Radio affiliate, Chuck Todd is mentioned often. My impression is more "political hack" than "political analyst".
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from the truth-tellers-have-a-hard-time-in-some-places dept.
Russia Today reports:
Progressive political journalist Ed Schultz is joining RT America, beginning January 25, 2016, to host his new primetime news program, "NEWS WITH ED SHULTZ" at 8pm EST weeknights. On his new show, Schultz will focus on exploring issues that most affect working Americans, particularly within the context of the upcoming US presidential election.
[...] Said Ed Schultz, "The network is firmly established outside of US corporate media and is not afraid to give a platform to diverse voices, stories and perspectives to its viewers, even if it ruffles some mainstream feathers. I can't think of a better fit than a news broadcaster that bullishly pursues issues that matter to hardworking Americans." Schultz's broadcasting career spans more than two decades. Until recently, he hosted "The Ed Show" on MSNBC; the program was consistently the second-highest rated show on the channel.
Schultz [...] will work out of the RT America studios in Washington, DC.
ABOUT RT — RT is a global TV news network that broadcasts 24/7 in English, Arabic, and Spanish from its studios in Moscow, Washington DC, and London. It is available to 700 million viewers worldwide. RT is the most-watched TV news network on YouTube with more than 3 billion views.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 26 2015, @10:10AM
The Corporate States of America can't afford to have anyone on the air who might expose real corruption. It just can't be tolerated.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by wantkitteh on Sunday July 26 2015, @10:23AM
They spent a lot of time making sure no-one took any notes out of the initial negotiations, some folks somewhere must be furious that someone actually spoke about this in public before they'd finished railroading it through.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @11:25AM
You watch live TV?
Nobody with a clear mind watch live TV.
What is wrong with you?
(Score: -1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @01:24PM
been more attentive to issues focused on economic inequality, labor unions, and the wider economy
Despite some left-wingers wanting them to be issues (not to resolve these alleged problems, of course, but just to give these left-wingers power over others), those things listed just aren't issue any longer.
Economic equality is lower than it has ever been. There are more welfare programs redistributing more wealth than ever before. That's why there are so many people in the Deep South, including entire communities, who do not work, yet still are provided with more then enough money by the government for food, shelter, raising several children, cars, the latest iPhones, Nike shoes, and other luxuries.
In fact, this redistribution of wealth has itself caused income inequality by taking away from those who actually do bother to work, and giving to those who choose not to. This isn't even a matter of supporting the disabled; this is about people who are perfectly capable of working choosing not to because they're better off suckling on the teet of government!
Labor unions? Shit, they haven't been relevant since the 1980s, when their shenanigans and unreasonable demands ruined the American auto industry and all of the industries associated with it. There's nothing more to say about them today than they fucked up, and made themselves irrelevant.
What the hell does "the wider economy" even mean? The American economy is stronger than it has ever been. There are more jobs available to those with valuable skills, and they're paying great wages. Maybe some unskilled left-wingers who didn't bother to learn a useful skill find themselves unemployed, but that has always been the case. Sorry, boys and girls, you aren't going to make as much money as a lawyer or doctor if all you can do is cry and whine about "economic equality", "labor unions" and "the wider economy"!
Just like the media doesn't devote to much time to non-issues like knitting, badminton, and rock collecting, they also shouldn't devote much time to the other non-issues that left-wingers like to use to exploit others.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @09:57PM
Economic equality is lower than it has ever been.
I agree with that part.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday July 26 2015, @01:47PM
I'm reminded of a CSB. Some 10 years ago he made a bet with another TV guy, if he lost he'd shave off the goatee. He lost, the goatee stayed amid much hemming and hawing. Now every time I see Todd I think "welsher", and my opinion of him drops quite a bit.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @03:08PM
From a network that has the biggest Racist/Bigot preaching (hint) his crap.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @04:31PM
>From a network that has the biggest Racist/Bigot
Who fucking cares if someone has prejudices?
You remind me of those double-think, thought crime types that have shoehorned their beliefs on male dominated communities as of late.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @04:53PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @08:26PM
What do you mean? This article isn't about Fox News.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by srobert on Sunday July 26 2015, @06:23PM
MSNBC is in the same business as Fox News. Selling ads. The largest portion of the ad revenue comes from business interests, who may behave unethically with respect to labor, consumers, or the environment. So from now on being "liberal" at MSNBC will consist of talking about police brutality, racism, gay rights, etc. All legitimate issues, but the network wants to signal to that portion of the the business community with the largest ad budgets, that they will no longer be a platform for voicing concerns of union members, consumer rights advocates, or environmentalists. They're signalling to the social left, but economically may-as-well-be-Republican wing of the Democratic party, i.e. The Clintons and Obama wings. They are embarking on censorship to avoid offending the free market fundamentalists. So if you choose to get your news from MSNBC, look forward to more ads from Walmart, health insurance and pharmaceutical companies, interspersed with news and opinion about what Hillary said today, and why Bernie Sanders has no chance of winning.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @06:34PM
Those two titles are the same thing: people that are paid to have opinions about politics. Know why? Does anyone bother to check how often political analysts are right? Pay attention and you will realize that they are wrong more often than your friends down by the pub. After all, if they don't play ball they get called a hack and their show is pulled...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @07:20PM
Come over here and do this. There is a guy on The Project who could do with this kind of intervention. Just because an enemy is helping you today that not make them any less of an enemy tomorrow.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @09:42PM
Sound like angry Liberials on the loose.. FOX news covered the TPP quite a bit for days.. get your fact straight.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @10:42PM
It's should be easy enough to prove that you are right and they are wrong.
Just supply the links.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @11:27PM
I remember them mentioning it a few times, but usually it was presented in a positive light by the guests they had on.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @03:06PM
My impression is more "political hack" than "political analyst".
Put your opinions in the comments like the rest of us. Who do you think you are, Bennett Haselton?